Thanks to Arthur, I now know my publishing crystal ball really works. In an earlier post, I suggested that publishers could use podcasts to promote their authors. Arthur sent me this CBC article which puts Raincoast on front when it comes to publishing trends (yet again):
The Vancouver publisher is making the recordings available on Apple’s iTunes or through the Feedburner website.
The literary podcast series will include material from the 2005 Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival.
Raincoast plans up to 15 podcasts in 2006.
Please note that in order to maintain the high journalistic standard of this blog, I didn’t even bother to search google when I spouted off about publishers and podcasting. As far as I know there are many publishers out there promoting their authors work through podcasts. But really, using my google toolbar is so much work, so I’d rather make sweeping generalisations. They’ve never hurt anyone before, so I figure I’m safe.
If you know of any other podcasting publishers/authors, please send me the links – googling is such hard work.
tagged: [publishing] [podcasting] [writing]
